Commercial production of microbials by Reuter Laboratories, inc., for control of the gypsy moth and the spruce budworm

F. D. Obenchain

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Commercial production of microbials by Reuter Laboratories, inc., for control of the gypsy moth and the spruce budworm

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Authors:

F. D. Obenchain

Year:

1985

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Grimble, David G.; Lewis, Franklin B., coords. Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths; 1984 April 10-12; Windsor Locks, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-100. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 139-140

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Abstract

Reuter Laboratories announces additions to its line of microbial insecticides with the 1984-85 introduction of a Bacillus thuringiensis, Berliner, variety Kurstaki (HD-1, H-3A3B) wettable powder formulation. Gypsy moth nucleopolyhedrosis virus, in experimental production since 1982, is scheduled for commercial introduction as a wettable powder in the 1985-86 season.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths

Citation

Obenchain, F. D. 1985. Commercial production of microbials by Reuter Laboratories, inc., for control of the gypsy moth and the spruce budworm. In: Grimble, David G.; Lewis, Franklin B., coords. Proceedings, Symposium: Microbial control of spruce budworms and gypsy moths; 1984 April 10-12; Windsor Locks, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-100. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 139-140